by Bob | Jan 30, 2026 | Biblical Counseling, Soul Care
A Sabbatical from the BCW: Biblical Counseling Wars About a month ago, I began a sabbatical from engaging in the public debates between biblical counselors. I explained why here: I’m Taking a “Sabbatical” from the Biblical Counseling “Wars.” 5 Reasons for an...
by Bob | Jan 22, 2026 | Biblical Counseling
Use Your Imagination In the spirit of positive, iron-sharpening-iron interactions in the biblical counseling world, which of the following 90-minute interactive biblical counseling discussions (not debates) would you most like to hear? Imagine that you could listen...
by Bob | Jan 12, 2026 | Creation Mandate, Mental Health, Mental Illness
The Creation Mandate In Gospel-Centered Counseling, I defined the Creation Mandate as: The God-given, repeated command that image bearers subdue and rule the earth as God’s vice-regents, under-shepherds, and under-scientists. God’s mandates that we be good stewards...
by Bob | Jan 5, 2026 | Biblical Counseling, Conflict Resolution
A Brief History Lesson If you’ve read my blog over the past eighteen months, then you know that the modern biblical counseling world has been at war. Sadly, warfare between biblical counselors and Christian integrative counselors is nothing new, nor is it new to...
by Bob | Jan 1, 2026 | Biblical Counseling, Clinically-Informed Biblical Counseling
A Word from Bob You’re reading a guest post by Jason Kovacs. Jason is responding to an article by Greg Gifford in a recent edition of ACBC’s Journal of Biblical Soul Care. You can read Greg’s article here: “I’m a Biblically-Informed Psychologist”: Is...
